Praised for her “luscious” sound (Opera News), mezzo-soprano Anastasiia Sidorova maintains active performing and teaching careers. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she held the Curtis Friends Board Fellowship and studied with Patricia McCaffrey.

In the 2025–2026 season, Ms. Sidorova appeared with the Russian Chamber Art Society in Washington, D.C., singing the role of Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. She presented her first solo recital in Washington, D.C., as part of St. Ann’s Concert Series, Panorama of Russian Romances, alongside accomplished pianist Vera Danchenko-Stern. She also appeared with Bel Cantanti Opera in its Princes, Queens and Demons Russian Opera Gala.

In the 2024–2025 season, Ms. Sidorova appeared with the Russian Chamber Art Society in a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s The Ugly Duckling alongside pianist Martín Labazevitch. In January 2025, she performed at the Water Island Music Festival in St. Thomas alongside pianist and composer Julian Gargiulo. In May 2025, she made her role debut as Stéphano in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with Bel Cantanti Opera.

During the 2023–2024 season, Ms. Sidorova performed with Opera Delaware and Opera Columbus. In addition to two seasons with Opera Philadelphia as an Emerging Artist, she has appeared with Wolf Trap Opera in Northern Virginia, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Russian Chamber Art Society in Washington, D.C., the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, and Music Academy of the West in California.

During the 2021–2022 season, Ms. Sidorova sang Sesto in MERCY, a film by Curtis Opera Theatre based on Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, and Madame Flora (Baba) in a film production of Menotti’s The Medium. She also performed Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Curtis Chamber Ensemble under the baton of Robert Kahn.

Ms. Sidorova is a first-prize winner of both the 2023 World’s Biggest Stage Competition and the Classical Singer Competition. Her additional honors include an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, an Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner Lieder/Song Competition, and an Encouragement Prize from the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition.

In addition to her performing career, Ms. Sidorova is the Founder and Artistic Director of Voice Jam, a vocal education program dedicated to inspiring singers of all ages through group instruction, vocal technique, and collaborative music-making. She also serves as Director of Music at Potomac Presbyterian Church in Potomac, Maryland, where she leads the church’s music ministry, directs choral ensembles, and develops innovative musical programming for the congregation and wider community. Ms. Sidorova is also a faculty member at the International School of Music in Potomac, Maryland.